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Originally Posted by HarryT
In a sense, writing has always been a zero-sum game, in that many people will decide to buy a book, and the book they choose to buy is the "winner" compared to all the "losing" books they don't buy.
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Well yes, and no (said in my best Richard Harris voice).
Perhaps there are some who are just going to buy one and only one book, but that's certainly not the way I buy. I buy my books in batches, so it's pretty rare for me to try to choose between two books. Usually, my choice tends to be is this new author worth buying, rather than should I buy this book or that book.
I think his point is that KU truly is a zero sum game. There is only X dollars in the pot and it's divided by the number of titles read.